Azmodan, the New Rush

[kandrathe]

While I'm sure there is a laudable subset of HC players that will play "honorably", the only thing you "need" is a friend/second account to do fast XP/quest rushing and some gold to pick up AH items once you reach the desired level. As always plenty of people will line up to do the cheapest thing once they learn of it.

When I was 8, my Dad bought me a new 5 speed, green Schwinn, with the banana seat. Coincidentally, a friend down the block where I live also had a new 5 speed bike. About two weeks later he was bragging about how he already had many miles on his odometer (10 x more than I did at least). Then, later in the week I happened by his house, and he had his bike upside down and had rigged up an electric drill to add on the miles "automatically". I didn't feel "lazy" after that.

I don't understand the mentality of those that buy a game, avoid/skip the content, then whine for more content when they are bored on day two. It was the same in WOW -- who will be first to level 40, 60, 70, 80, 90? Then, quick, let's get through the raid progressions to be first. Then again, shame on Blizzard for making grinds a requirement to slow players down. They finally learned with Death Knights, just let players start at the end game. So, why not just let players choose the level they want to start, what difficulty level, and exclude them from any ladder type competitions. All in all, the achievement system is a better measure of what players have really done.

I don't see there are any bragging rights for a level X HC player who begins at level X, any more than a HC player who sits safely in town with his power drill automatically spinning up the XP counter. The bragging rights of HC are that you did take the risk, and you rode your bike to Hell and back without dying.